explain
美 [ɪkˈspleɪn] 
英 [ɪk'spleɪn]
- v.解释；说明；阐明；说明（…的）原因
- 网络讲解；向某人解释某事；辩解
词形变化
第三人称单数：explains 现在分词：explaining 过去式：explained 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [t][i] 解释；说明；阐明to tell sb about sth in a way that makes it easy to understand |
| First, I'll explain the rules of the game. 首先我要说明一下游戏规则。 |
| It was difficult to explain the problem to beginners. 对初学者解释这个问题很难。 |
| ‘Let me explain!’ he added helpfully. “让我来说明一下！”他热心地补充道。 |
| I explained that an ambulance would be coming soon. 我解释说救护车很快就到。 |
| He explained who each person in the photo was. 他一一介绍了照片里的人。 |
| She explained to them what to do in an emergency. 她向他们说明了紧急情况下应采取的行动。 |
| ‘It works like this,’ she explained. “它是这样工作的。”她解释道。 |
| It was explained that attendance was compulsory. 所给的解释是必须到场。 |
2. | [i][t] 说明（…的）原因；解释（…的）理由to give a reason, or be a reason, for sth |
| She tried to explain but he wouldn't listen. 她试图说明一下原因，可他根本不听。 |
| Alex explained that his car had broken down. 亚历克斯解释说他的汽车出了毛病。 |
| Well, that doesn't explain why you didn't phone. 嗳，那不是你不打电话的理由。 |
| scientific findings that help explain the origins of the universe 有助于解释宇宙起源的科学发现 |
| The government now has to explain its decision to the public. 政府现在必须向公众解释决策的理由。 |
| Oh well then, that explains it(= I understand now why sth happened) . 噢，原来是这么回事。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
This is a good place to explain that you require a deposit up front, and how much of a deposit you require.
说明你需要事先存款的理由，和你需要存款的数额。
She said as a courtesy, she would call that number, explain my story and ask whoever answered if the person wanted her to connect me.
她说出于礼貌，她可以打那个电话，说明我的情况后，看接电话的人是否愿意让她再与我联系。
Explain to him that you are a very private person and hesitant to go into your history with people, but you meant to tell him before now.
向他解释你是个个人隐私看得很重的人，对于他人进入你的过去，你是迟疑的，你之前也一直想跟他说这件事。
When I asked him to explain his process, he said I would have to experience it to understand it.
当我让他向我解释他的处理方法时，他说我只有亲身经历过才能理解。
Could you please explain the premises of your argument in more detail? It will help me understand the point you are trying to make.
你能详细说明你们的论据吗？这会帮助我了解你们的重点。
Make everyone feel as if he or she is important enough to you that you are willing to explain yourself.
使得每个人都感觉到，他或她对您来说是非常重要的，以至于您很愿意向他们解释自己的观点。
PC Magazine goes on to explain that the word comes from Sanskrit and means "the incarnation of a god on earth. "
PCMag进一步解释说，这个词源于梵文，意思是“天神在凡间的化身”。
It's hard to explain but when there's something so little that relies on you so much, you have no choice but to turn into a man.
这很难解释，但是当一个小东西这么依赖着你的时候，你不由自主地就会慢慢地成熟。
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, it may explain at least one of their shared beliefs: Men and women can't be real friends.
如果男人来自火星，女人来自水星，那么至少能解释那那男女共同相信的一点。
The girl shivered inwardly at the thought of having to explain to her mother why she had stayed out so late.
一想到得向母亲解释为何这么晚才回家，女孩不由得打了个寒颤。
With nothing taken home, the man hesitated to explain the matter to his wife.
要是没有器材带回家，对老婆是否是解释这件事，那个人拿不定主张。
He tried to explain how a calculating machine worked, but it was all Greek to me.
他试图向我说明计算机的工作原理，可是我一窍不通。
When Klingenberg reported to his superiors to explain why he had not followed orders, he was drunk, unshaven and smelled of perfume.
在向上司陈述为何没有遵守命令时，克林根贝格醉醺醺的，满脸胡须还满身香水味。
It's where you explain in a paragraph or two why you think employers should hire you and why you are the perfect match for the job.
你可以用1或2段阐述为什么你认为雇主应该要雇用你，为什么你可以很好地胜任这份工作。
The old man opened his mouth as if to explain, then closed it again and hurried on.
老人张嘴似乎要做一番解释，但欲言又止，又继续匆匆向前走去。
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
几乎过了一个星期，姑娘才讲出了她的遭遇。
Chua had to go on a national media tour just to explain herself, less she be thought of as an American parenting bashing China snob.
为此，她不得不在美国各地的媒体上进行解释，以免被人认为是一个抨击美式家长教育方式的中国假内行。
D. Explain to management that this would not be a good idea at this point.
向管理层解释在此时这样做不合适。
Let me try to explain it by telling you a story about one of your peers, and the alternative that hadn't occurred to her.
让我告诉你们一个你们的同龄人的故事来解释我的意思吧，即她是没有遇到中年危机的。
This would explain why the human genome has no trace of Neanderthal DNA despite the two similar species living close together for millennia.
这可能解释为什么人类的基因组没有尼安得特人的痕迹，即便这两个物种在一起生活了几千年。
She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
她精心编造了解释她不在场的一些谎言。
"I can't stop to explain myself now, " Mr. Franklin went on.
“我现在来不及解释，”弗兰克林先生接着说。
The article advances a new theory to explain changes in the climate.
这篇文章提出了一个解释气候变化的新理论。
She hastened to explain the situation which now confronted her.
她急忙说明她所面临的形势。
We were never given a chance to explain.
我们从来是连解释的余地都没有。
Kindly explain this passage.
请把这一段文字解释一下。
He was meaning to explain what had happened.
他想把事情的经过讲一讲。
You'd better go and explain to the chairman.
你最好去向主席解释一下。
Explain why the vanes rotate when they are illuminated.
试解释：叶片被照亮时为什么会旋转。
Would you explain why you feel that way?
您能解释一下您为什么这么看的吗？
They tried to explain, in all sorts of way, those properties of matter which had been discovered.
他们想出种种办法来解释被发现的物质特性。
Golden Virtue did not respond to this, but, unable to ignore her niece's question, she tried to explain.
金贞未置可否，但又不能对侄女的问题装聋作哑、只好尽力解释。
Two points help to explain why there was no essential change in the Latin American policies of the United States in 1913.
两种情形有助于解释为什么1913年美国的拉丁美洲政策没有本质变化。
"I ought to have done you the common justice to explain myself, " she said, repeating my own words.
“我应该好好地亲口说破，”她学着我的话说。
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
几乎过了一个星期，姑娘才讲出了她的遭遇。
It was not to be expected that Miss Ley would explain before making the affair a good deal more complicated.
由于莱伊小姐以前没能说明这件事，因此使事情变得很不好理解了。
It's less easy to explain why her weeping loosed such a terrible emotion in me.
她的哭泣为什么惹起我大发脾气，这就不太容易解释了。
He began to explain with the most considerable eagerness.
他开始解释，显得郑重其事，又万分热诚。
The same principles that explain economic behavior in one sector explain behavior in any other one as well.
用以解释一个部门的经济行为的理论，同样适用于其他任何部门。
I have to explain my own goals, just as the other executives have to set their own objectives with their supervisors.
我得解释我的目标，就象其他高级职员必须与他们的上级一起确定自己的目标一样。
They began to explain that they had been delayed by the weather.
他们开始解释说，天气使他们耽搁了。
Through the night one after another crept into Judy's room to explain how deeply they opposed such a marriage.
其实谁也睡不着，又一个接一个到朱迪房间里劝她回头，讲给她听这门亲事如何要不得。
He did his best to see that I got facts to explain various aspects of soviet life.
他尽力使我弄到能够说明苏区生活的各个方面的材料。
In his preface Hawthorne seeks to explain the attraction that Italy has for the writers of romances.
霍桑在前言中试图阐明意大利对传奇作家的吸引力。
She began to explain her plan of action to the group.
她开始向小组讲解她的行动计划。
He tried to explain how unthinkable her suggestion was.
他想要解释：她的打算是多么不堪设想。
These results may help to explain some of the conflicting data in the literature.
这些结果可能有助于解释文献中的一些争议的数据。
Bending from the waist in a mathematical position, he extended the palm of one hand, and started to explain.
他用准确的姿势从腰部那儿把身子向前一弯，伸出一只手心，开始解释。
If I had a son, Walden thought, this is how I would explain things to him.
我要是有个儿子，沃尔登想，我就这样教导他。
Will you explain this point to us?
请你把这一点对我们解释一下好吗？
As he was showing us the photos on his computer screen, he proceeded to explain that she was suffering from diverticulosis , which he exp!
他一边用电脑萤幕给我们看检查出来的照片，一边开始跟我们解释她患有支囊病变；
For a man to excuse himself in this way and stop listening is much better than trying to explain away her hurt.
男人这样先行道歉及停止倾听，比试图去分析她的伤害好得多。
I believe the number of population of any ethnic group should not be a factor that obscures the origin. I explain some evidences.
任何种族都不能利用人口数量来模糊本源，我将陈述一些证据。
He had the correct idea of trying to explain chemical phenomena in terms of ultimate particles.
他有试图用最终的微粒解释化学现象的正确想法。
I can't even begin to explain to you how much I'm gonna miss you !
一想到我会那么挂念你，我根本就开不了口，更别说告别了。
Beauty tried to explain her admiration for the Beast and the wonders of the palace, but they did not understand.
美女试图向她们解释她对野兽的倾慕之情，还有宫殿的奇妙之处，她们却不能明白。
Zhang hanging often said that she did not like after the completion of the works has been to explain to her what was being said.
张悬常说，她不喜欢在作品完成后还一直去对人解释她要说的是什么。
That is the reason why you are here, and it would be a waste of time if I did not explain clearly, decisively, my point of view.
那正是你们来到这里的原因，假如我不清楚地、果断地说明我的观点，那就是在浪费时间。
He would come out of it - talk, explain - and then go back into his own den.
他会从里面出来——说话、解释——然后再回到他自己的窝里去。
Do not you think maybe. . . Explain that tomorrow with the Director.
难道你不觉得也许..与主任解释，明天。
But, Lelyveld writes, "South Africa . . . challenged him from the start to explain what he thought he was doing there in his brown skin. "
诚然，雷利维德补充道，“南非……从一开始就在挑战他这名有深棕色皮肤者的所思所想。”
At the restaurant the menu is all in Japanese and the waitress was a bit frustrated trying to explain it to me.
餐馆的菜谱全是日文，服务员又不太耐心跟我解释。到最后我还是不明白是些什么菜。
Green is quick to note that 'GDP can't explain everything, ' adding that he was just trying to have some fun.
但王志浩也很快指出GDP并不能解释一切问题，而自己只是想找点乐子。
I wonder what the police would make of that. -James, you're trying to explain all that I do by logic.
我想知道警察将会如何看待这些。詹姆斯，你试图用逻辑解释我所做的一切。
For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
因为，通常，去完成你设下的目标不是最重要的。请让我说下去。
The White House also is ordering government agencies to draw up a communications plan to explain their operations in a time of crisis.
白宫还下令政府机构制定联络计划，以便在危机时期能传递工作信息。
He tried to follow the doctor's nervous movements as he went on to explain.
博士继续解释，沃尔夫则尽力想跟上他紧张的节奏。
She couldn't help shivering inwardly at the thought of having to explain to her mother why she had stayed out so late.
想到自己不得不向母亲解释，为什么自己在外面滞留那样晚，她就禁不住内心微微发抖。
He was curious about that , why not explain? she was a new comer here , it was reasonable for her to make some mistakes .
他很好奇，为什么不解释？她才刚来这里没多久，犯一些小错对她来说是合理的。
It is amazing how you can speak right to my heart. Without saying a word you can light up the dark. Try it as me I can never explain .
中文大意：这真是太神奇了，你所说的怎能正好渗入我的心，不发一言你怎能将黑夜点燃。
The more you explain yourself, the more you bemuddle me.
你越解释越使我糊涂。
Can you explain what this means?
你能说明这是什么意思吗？
